Hundreds of homes & businesses hit by water outage in Donegal Town area
Hundreds of homes and businesses are currently without water in the wider Donegal Town area. It’s down to a burst water main with repair crews currently at the scene. The burst may cause supply disruptions to Leghaney, Cullionbuoy, Killymard, Redlin, Drumroosk, Donegal Town and surrounding areas in Co.…
Mica Action Group call on Housing Minister to provide answers
The Mica Action Group in Donegal has called on the Housing Minister, Darragh O’Brien to attend a public meeting of affected homeowners in the county to outline the recently published enhanced scheme will work. The group claim statements have been made by Minister O’ Brien’s department since the…
Book handover event taking place at new Ballyshannon Community Hospital
A collection of over 100 books, many of which belonging to the late Dr Simon Sheil, will be presented to the new Ballyshannon Community Hospital tomorrow. This event will include descendants of Dr McMullin, who rescued the books from the hospital in 1916. Dr Simon Sheil, who built…
Further energy supports ‘will do little’ to help ordinary people of Sligo
Further energy supports for households and businesses will do little to help the ordinary people of Sligo. That’s according to Sinn Fein Cllr Arthur Gibbons who was reacting to some possible measures contained in the upcoming Budget. The financial support will be funded from the proceeds of the…
Searches ongoing for man missing in Enniscrone
Searches are ongoing for a man who is missing in Enniscrone for over two days. It’s believed he was last seen in the coastal walk area of the village on Tuesday morning. The man missing is understood to be originally from Dublin but had been holidaying in the…
GRA President says it’s unfortunate that Gardaí will have be balloted on if they have confidence in Garda Commissioner
The Donegal based President of the GRA says it’s ‘disappointing’ that they have reached the situation where Rank and file members of the Gardaí will be balloted on whether they have confidence in Garda Commissioner Drew Harris. The decision to hold a vote of no confidence in the…
Sligo Retained Fire Fighters claim strike action is a last resort
Retained fire fighters in Sligo say that don’t want to be at the picket line but are left with no choice. They are among the two thousand retained firefighters across the country who are engaging in strike action this week over an ongoing pay dispute. They voted to…